Remember YOUR "small keed time"?
Those were the good old days! YOU were young, innocent, naive and maybe even a little bit "kolohe" (rascal). When you look back, I bet you cannot help but grin, yeah? I bet you can just feel a longing oozing up inside of you for a time when life was much simpler. Wherever you live now, if you grew up in Hawaii, you must remember your "hanabuddah days". Eh, no shame ... we all had "hanabuddah".
Eh … right now get choke stories already online written by Hawaiians and Hawaiians at heart. Most all writers had the unique life experience of growing up in Hawaii. That’s why the site is called ”Hanabuddah Days”.
Enjoy these personal stories.
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Written by Charvis
My tutu, Lucill Becky Ka'a was born in 1905 and passed in 1990. She married 3 times, and had 5 wahines and 2 kanes from her 1st husband, and a son, George, and a daughter, Georgette from her 2nd. George has kane and wahine, and Georgette never married.
My mom was twin to my Aunty Pua, who had one wahine, and Aunty Maizelette married and had 2 kanes and 2 wahines. My two other aunts died young, Aunty Girlie at 22, and Aunty Ronnadette at 4. Uncle Buddy (Theodore Jr) never married, and Uncle
Read more: Ohana
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Written by Charvis
Moved to Ewa Beach in 1958 when Damon Tract was being razed. Lived at the end of Papipi Rd, where the gravel road starts. There were 2 houses and trailer. Our house was closest to the reef. My cousin Clayton Haumea and I would go diving in the reef
Read more: Ewa Beach
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Written by Maku Cuizon
Small keed time, my brother Lippy (Philip) and I had a common enemy, our stepfather, so we developed a close bond of a mutual admiration for one another. Most of the time we would pal around, arms on the shoulder and then the times when we disagreed
Read more: My Best Friend and My Worst Enemy: Da Sling Shot.
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Written by Charvis
My dad, mom and I moved to Damon Track in 1953 Went to Kaloaloa, and Kalakaua until we had to move out for the "new airport". Lived on Q road in the back side of a duplex, below Kaimana Rd. Our back yard shared a fence with Asagi's Farm. We grew
Read more: Damon Tract
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Written by Kamaka Brown
My fuddah wen get one job in the city and he sed no ways he wuz going drive from North Shore to townside so we stay go move to Punchbowl. Hoo dat means had foah change school la dat. Junk cuz I had all my frendz from kinny garden in Waialua
Read more: Rabbit Ears
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Written by Kirby Wright
THE CLASS WAS SPLIT in half, with two rows of chairs facing each other. Miss Davies, a heavyset teacher in a tailored blue muumuu, rambled on in Parisian behind a podium fronting the chalkboard. Speaking English was interdit. Students were to keep
Read more: French Class
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Written by Ed Morton
I was a young man when my Uncle BoBo, came into my life. He was lovable, caring, and outgoing. My first impression of him was, "Eh! Auntie where you wen find this crazy Puerto-Rican?" He looked like one of the guys from
Read more: Farewell Uncle
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Written by Aurora Aguirre
Aloha! My name is Aurora, and I was born on Oahu but also grew up on Maui. Living in Hawaii as a child brought me the BEST childhood memories and these stories are what I will be sharing.
We lived upcountry in Pukalani where the view from our backyard were a few homes, miles of sugar cane and the ocean in the distance. At night when the cane fields were burned, the orange glow from the fire was hypnotic. During the day, we would see ashes floating in the sky, and I would jump in the air trying to catch one, hoping to not crush it between my fingers. I loved our home in Pukalani for many reasons.
Read more: Pukalani Paradise
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Written by Ismael Tabalno
A new school week started and I sat gazing out the clear windows of my history class room towards the Nawilliwilli Harbor. The lush green and brown mountain range ran down to unexpected cliffs. The deep blue ocean waves roar and slam the jagged
Read more: In the Gardens of Sugar and Pineapples, Part Five: The "Borrowed" Boat
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